I’ve been around cannabis products a lot. It’s never been legal in my country. I’ve seen people using it recreationally, I’ve seen people using it therapeutic. I’ve seen people who have used cannabis products their entire lives without issues, and people who have been unable to keep a job and earned a living doing crime.
The worst thing I’ve seen are the kids who came in to the psych ward I temped at. IDK how/what happened exactly, but it could be 20 yos with delusions and hallucinations, supposedly brought on by a misuse of cannabis. As in they probably already had some issues that they were dealing with, and found that cannabis made it easier to exist.
The what-aboutism of asking about alcohol is really not a good argument, because had alcohol been introduced today, and had we not had millenia long relationship with alcohol, then it would definitely have been banned as well.
With that being said, for profit prisons will never be a good idea, and letting prison corporations lobby politicians? If we just let them print their own money, then we wouldn’t have to lock up so many people.
Good points, but a question because I see that comment a lot: When you say ‘we’ had a millenia long relationship with alcohol, who’s included in that ‘we’? If we’re talking humanity writ large, we’ve had a millenia long relationship with weed as well - just limited to people in areas of the world where it grows under natural conditions. Think the Indian subcontinent, China, etc.
Will admit I’m being a bit pedantic, but at many points through my life I’ve heard people talking about cannabis as if it’s some completely net new thing, which simply isn’t true unless you’re talking about very specific societies.
I’ve been around cannabis products a lot. It’s never been legal in my country. I’ve seen people using it recreationally, I’ve seen people using it therapeutic. I’ve seen people who have used cannabis products their entire lives without issues, and people who have been unable to keep a job and earned a living doing crime.
The worst thing I’ve seen are the kids who came in to the psych ward I temped at. IDK how/what happened exactly, but it could be 20 yos with delusions and hallucinations, supposedly brought on by a misuse of cannabis. As in they probably already had some issues that they were dealing with, and found that cannabis made it easier to exist.
The what-aboutism of asking about alcohol is really not a good argument, because had alcohol been introduced today, and had we not had millenia long relationship with alcohol, then it would definitely have been banned as well.
With that being said, for profit prisons will never be a good idea, and letting prison corporations lobby politicians? If we just let them print their own money, then we wouldn’t have to lock up so many people.
Good points, but a question because I see that comment a lot: When you say ‘we’ had a millenia long relationship with alcohol, who’s included in that ‘we’? If we’re talking humanity writ large, we’ve had a millenia long relationship with weed as well - just limited to people in areas of the world where it grows under natural conditions. Think the Indian subcontinent, China, etc.
This wiki article (by no means an authoritative source itself) is an interesting read. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cannabis
Will admit I’m being a bit pedantic, but at many points through my life I’ve heard people talking about cannabis as if it’s some completely net new thing, which simply isn’t true unless you’re talking about very specific societies.